Inventor · Mountain View, CA, US

Richard Wayne DeVaul

89Patents
25h-index
34Co-inventors
84Inventor score

Filing activity: Mar 22, 2005 → Oct 26, 2020

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US7827011B2 Method and system for real-time signal classification Physics 127 Active
US8820678B2 Relative positioning of balloons with altitude control and wind data Electricity 70 Active
US8967533B2 Balloon power sources with a buoyancy trade-off Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 59 Active
US8918047B1 Use of satellite-based routing processes with a balloon network Electricity 57 Active
US9174738B1 Drag disk, small Performing Operations; Transporting 48 Active
US9329600B2 Balloon power sources with a buoyancy trade-off Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 48 Active
US8718477B2 Balloon network with free-space optical communication between super-node balloons and RF communication between super-node and sub-node balloons Electricity 44 Active
US8996024B1 Virtual pooling of local resources in a balloon network Electricity 37 Active
US8971274B1 Valuation of and marketplace for inter-network links between balloon network and terrestrial network Electricity 36 Active
US8812176B1 Collapsible envelope for descent of balloon with envelope still attached Performing Operations; Transporting 36 Active
US8910905B2 Combined balloon shipping container and deployment system Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 35 Active
US8897933B1 Battery flywheel for a high-altitude balloon Electricity 33 Active
US9033274B2 Balloon altitude control using density adjustment and/or volume adjustment Performing Operations; Transporting 32 Active
US8833696B1 Balloon envelope adapted to direct sunlight towards payload Performing Operations; Transporting 30 Active
US11352951B2 Variable pressure turbine Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 30 Active
US9340272B1 Altitude control via adjustment to mass of air in bladder within lift-gas filled envelope Performing Operations; Transporting 30 Active
US9153854B1 Integration of antenna structures into balloon envelopes Electricity 29 Active
US10801404B2 Variable pressure turbine Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 28 Active
US9281554B1 Balloon with pressure mechanism to passively steer antenna Electricity 27 Active
US9139278B1 Methods and systems for turning an envelope into a parachute Performing Operations; Transporting 27 Active
US9096301B1 Drag plate for controlled descent of balloon Performing Operations; Transporting 27 Active
US9306668B2 Using predicted movement to maintain optical-communication lock with nearby balloon Performing Operations; Transporting 26 Active
US9290258B1 Hot air balloon with solar collector and heat-engine-driven fuel cell Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 25 Active
US9321517B1 Methods and systems for altitude control of balloons to improve wind data Physics 25 Active
US7280040B2 Distributed multi-nodal voice/data communication Physics 25 Expired

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.